| Club: | Hereford United F.C. |
| Season: | 2011–12 |
| Manager: | Jamie Pitman (until 5 March)[1] Richard O'Kelly (from 5 March)[2] |
| Chairman: | David Keyte |
| League: | League Two |
| League Result: | 23rd (relegated) |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | First round |
| Cup2: | League Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Second round |
| Cup3: | Football League Trophy |
| Cup3 Result: | First round (South West) |
| League Topscorer: | Thomas Barkhuizen (11) |
| Season Topscorer: | Thomas Barkhuizen (12) |
| Highest Attendance: | 5,143 v Torquay United, League Two, 5 May 2012 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 1,599 v Aldershot Town, League Two, 13 September 2011 |
| Average Attendance: | 2,521 |
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| Prevseason: | 2010–11 |
| Nextseason: | 2012–13 |
| Largest Loss: | 1–6 v Gillingham (H), League Two, 17 September 2011 |
| Largest Win: | 3–0 v Crawley Town (A), League Two, 28 April 2012 |
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The 2011–12 season was the 91st competitive season of Hereford United Football Club, third consecutive season in League Two and 31st overall in the Football League. The club also competed in the FA Cup, FA Trophy and Football League Trophy. The season covers the period from 1 June 2011 to 31 May 2012.
Hereford began the league season with just one win in their first twelve matches, including heavy home defeats to Morecambe, Macclesfield Town, and Gillingham. In the League Cup, a 1–0 victory over League One side Brentford in the first round earned a visit to Premier League outfit Aston Villa; the Bulls resisted 80 minutes of pressure before succumbing to a 2–0 defeat. Stuart Fleetwood, Hereford's top goalscorer in the 2010–11 season, was sold to Conference side Luton Town on 1 September 2011.[3]
Three consecutive victories in October, which featured veteran defender Andy Todd in his short spell with the Bulls, proved to be Hereford's best run of form in an otherwise lacklustre campaign. Blackpool loanee Tom Barkhuizen was the Bulls' top goalscorer, having extended his loan spell at Edgar Street from its initial planned finish in January through to the end of the campaign.
Despite a 3–2 home victory over Torquay United in the final game of the season, results elsewhere confirmed Hereford's 23rd-placed finish and relegation to the Conference on 5 May 2012. The Whites would not return to the Football League before the club's liquidation in December 2014.
As of 5 May 2012
|-|colspan="14"|Players who played for Hereford this season who have since left the club:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=80 | League Two | width=80 | FA Cup | width=80 | League Cup | width=80 | FL Trophy | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | 21 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | FW |  | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 3 | FW | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | FW | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| = | MF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | FW | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| = | FW | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| = | MF | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| = | DF | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Own goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 52 | ||||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | League Two | FA Cup | League Cup | FL Trophy | Total | |||||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | MF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| 6 | MF | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| 17 | MF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | DF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| 9 | | FW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
| 18 | MF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | DF | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
| 8 | MF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 22 | DF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||
| 12 | DF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | DF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| 11 | MF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| 24 | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| 20 | | DF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 7 | FW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 28 | GK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 27 | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 34 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| 25 | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 21 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 26 | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 14 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 69 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 4 | |||||||||
| Players transferred in | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pos. | Name | Previous Club | Fee | Ref. | |
| 3 June 2011 | DF | Joe Heath | Exeter City | Free | [4] | |
| 24 June 2011 | FW | Delroy Facey | Lincoln City | Free | [5] | |
| 1 July 2011 | DF | Stefan Stam | Yeovil Town | Free | [6] | |
| 8 July 2011 | MF | Harry Pell | Bristol Rovers | Free | [7] | |
| 25 July 2011 | FW | Yoann Arquin | Red Star | €100 | [8] | |
| 8 August 2011 | MF | Danny Williams | AFC Telford United | Free | [9] | |
| 18 August 2011 | DF | Benoit Dalibard | Guingamp | Free | [10] | |
| 16 September 2011 | DF | Jordan Rose | Eastleigh | Free | [11] | |
| 13 October 2011 | DF | Andy Todd | Oldham Athletic | Free | [12] | |
| 11 November 2011 | MF | Sam Clucas | Glenn Hoddle Academy | Free | [13] | |
| 17 December 2011 | GK | Dan Hanford | Glenn Hoddle Academy | Free | [14] | |
| 1 January 2012 | DF | Will Evans | Swindon Town | Free | [15] | |
| 3 January 2012 | MF | Simon Clist | Oxford United | Free | [16] | |
| 6 January 2012 | FW | Nathan Elder | Hayes & Yeading United | Free | ||
| 24 January 2012 | DF | Ben Purkiss | Oxford United | Free | [17] | |
| Players transferred out | ||||||
| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
| 1 September 2011 | FW | Stuart Fleetwood | Luton Town | Undisclosed | [18] | |
| 1 September 2011 | DF | Kyle McCarthy | Free | [19] | ||
| 23 September 2011 | DF | Jordan Rose | Hayes & Yeading United | Free | [20] | |
| 2 January 2012 | DF |  Janos Kovacs | Luton Town | Free | [21] | |
| Players loaned in | ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | From | Date to | Ref. | |
| 18 August 2011 | MF | Simon Clist | Oxford United | 3 January 2012 | [22] | |
| 19 August 2011 | GK | David Cornell | Swansea City | End of season | [23] [24] | |
| 25 August 2011 | FW | Thomas Barkhuizen | Blackpool | End of season | [25] [26] | |
| 25 August 2011 | DF | Will Evans | Swindon Town | 25 November 2011 | [27] | |
| 27 August 2011 | FW | Sam Winnall | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 27 September 2011 | [28] | |
| 30 September 2011 | FW | Nathan Elder | Hayes & Yeading United | 3 January 2012 | [29] | |
| 6 October 2011 | MF | Steven Leslie | Shrewsbury Town | 5 January 2012 | [30] | |
| 1 November 2011 | FW | Richard Peniket | Fulham | End of season | [31] [32] | |
| 9 January 2012 | DF | Kern Miller | Barnsley | 16 February 2012 | [33] | |
| 9 February 2012 | FW | Lyle Taylor | Bournemouth | 9 March 2012 | [34] | |
| 17 February 2012 | DF | Byron Anthony | Bristol Rovers | End of season | [35] | |
| 22 March 2012 | MF | James Baxendale | Doncaster Rovers | End of Season | [36] | |
| 22 March 2012 | DF | James Chambers | Doncaster Rovers | End of Season | [37] | |
| Players loaned out | ||||||
| Date from | Pos. | Name | To | Date to | Ref. | |
| 12 August 2011 | MF | Tyler Weir | Gloucester City | 7 January 2012 | [38] | |
| 19 September 2011 | DF | Janos Kovacs | Luton Town | 1 January 2012 | [39] | |
| 30 September 2011 | FW | Sean Canham | Bath City | End of Season | [40] | |
| 9 January 2012 | MF | Tyler Weir | Worccester City | End of season | [41] | |
| 12 January 2012 | MF | James McQuilkin | Kidderminster Harriers | 14 February 2012 | [42] | |
| 22 March 2012 | MF | Harry Pell | Cambridge United | 22 April 2012 | [43] | |
| End of Season Awards | Winner[44] | |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the Year | Rob Purdie | |
| Players' Player of the Year | Michael Townsend |